Humphrey De Hauteville

Humphrey De Hauteville, Italian Umfredo D’altavilla, French Onfroi De Hauteville
(born , Hauteville-la-Guichard, Normandy—died 1057, Melfi, Apulia), soldier of fortune who led the Norman conquest of southern Italy after the deaths of his older brothers William and Drogo and succeeded them as count of Apulia (1051).

Arriving in Italy c. 1035, Humphrey fought in Sicily and Apulia, in southern Italy, becoming count of Lavello in 1045. Six years later, as count of Apulia, he married the sister of the Lombard prince Gaimar V of Salerno. In 1052, after pro-Byzantine forces murdered Gaimar and seized Salerno, Humphrey helped Gaimar’s brother, ... (100 of 198 words)